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Passage 5;For a century and a half the piano has been one of the most popular solo instruments for Western music. Unlike string and wind instrument, the piano is completely self-sufficient, as it is able to play both the melody and its accompanying harmony at the same time. For this reason, it became the favorite household instrument of the nineteenth century.;solo instruments 独奏乐器 独奏；独唱；独舞 Solo （管弦乐团的）弦乐器 strings 管乐器 wind instrument 自给自足的 Self-sufficient;The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries – the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century. The clavichords tone was metallic and never powerful; nevertheless, because of the variety of tone possible to it, many composers found the clavichord a sympathetic instrument for concert use, but the character of the tone could not be varied save by mechanical or structural devices.;Ancestry 世系；血统 keyboard instruments 键盘乐器 Spinet 竖琴 Dulcimer 洋琴；扬琴 virginal 维金纳琴 organ 风琴；管风琴 clavichord 古钢琴，击弦古钢琴（尤用于18世纪） harpsichord 拨弦古钢琴；大键琴;优势 If someone or something has supremacy over another person or thing, they are better. In the United States Open final, Graf retained overall supremacy. 在美国网球公开赛决赛中，格拉芙始终保持优势。;替代；取代 If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place. He may be supplanted by a younger man... 他可能会被一个年龄比他小的人取代。;尖厉刺耳的；难听的 Metallic 音质；音色；音调 Tone （尤指古典音乐）作曲家 Composer 讨人喜欢的；合意的 Sympathetic ;同情的；表示同情的 If you are sympathetic to someone who is in a bad situation, you are kind to them and show that you understand their feelings. She was very sympathetic to the problems of adult students... 她对成年学生的问题深表同情。;赞同的；支持的 If you are sympathetic to a proposal or action, you approve of it and are willing to support it.